Japanese Evacuee Camp Visit Highlights Conditions
Editor reports on Hunt relocation center near Jerome where about 7600 Japanese evacuees live under military oversight. Facilities resemble a military post with 36 mess halls, limited heat, and administration of 126 Caucasian staff. Evacuees work for pay up to 19 dollars, receive clothing allowances, and face costs averaging 36 dollars monthly per person. Most residents are American citizens. the article calls for a national policy decision after the war.
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Ini
Inter Mountain
Jerome
Sage Brush
Franklin County
Hunt
Hunt Center
Cau
U. S
FBI
Will
Japan
Funeral Attendees from Local Families Attend Bloxham Service
Bishop Mrs t Hum bles and Mr and Mrs Merl en derson joined relatives to Funeral of Mrs Heber Bloxham in Kaysville. Families including Gladys Heckert Zion Hailey Gambles Sparrow Miller Merrill Gibbs Nisson Austin Hadley Millard drove to Provo Downey Virginia for visits and work. A horse was hit and killed on a highway return from Virginia trip.
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Bishop
T Humbles
Merlenderson
Kaysville
Heber Bloxham
Gladys - -Heckert
Zion
Dee
Hailey
Colleen
Glenda Sparrow
Montpelier
Wm. Gambles
Frank Nisson
Norman
Nisson
Pvt
Virginia
Duaine Merrill
Provo
Staad
LuDean Gibbs
LaVar Austin
Lucille Merrill
Fenton Matkin
Carmen Hadley
Theron Gambles
Ila Millard
Downey
Nate Thomas
Thomas
Preston Rodeo Queen Entries Open For Contest
Entries are being sought for the Preston Night Rodeo queen contest. Harold Swift leads the project with Lions Rotary clubs to sponsor entrants from several area communities. Deadline is Friday July 23, and the queen will be chosen by an outside judges panel the following Tuesday with prizes of 20 dollars for first and 15 dollars for second.
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Preston
Harold Swift
Spongola
Preston Lions
Rotary Clubs
Franklin Lions
Weston Chamber of Commerce
Mink Creek Chamber of Commerce
Dayton
Clifton
Mailing address change for G W Haeeger and Waeger request
Private James Waeger requests updating the paper’s mailing address from James W. Haeeger Preston Idaho to Pvt James W Waeger Btry A 102nd Battalion Camp McQuaide Calif with his wife present. Also notes Dale Hillstead Brostrom enters Farragut Eletricians Service School for sixteen weeks and Elmer B Mendenhall from Clifton Utah becomes a pre aviation cadet in Army Air Forces training.
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Mand
Converse R. Lewis
Pvt
Mendenhall
Cadet Mendenhall
Willia Mendenhall
Clifton
Cecil ‘A. Gherry
Alley Cherry
Preston
College of Idaho
Caldwell
Army Air Forces Flying Training Command
James W. Haeeger
Idaho
James W. Waeger
Camp McQuaide
Calif
Farragut
Dale Hillstead Brostrom
Carl_Brostrom
W.st St. Preston
Eletricians Service School
Teither
U. S. Firet
Kidd Brothers Meet Amid Pacific Island Reunion
A wartime letter describes Theron and Lloyd Kidd reuniting on a Pacific island after three years apart. Lloyd, in the army since April 1942, and Theron, who joined the navy in 1948, share news of family and a movie outing. Their sister Elsie Bodily of Preston is noted. Also advertised: typewriter ribbons for Remingtons to Royal Portables at Citizen.
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Geiger Field
Washington
William G. Schauffler
Jarvis P. Palmer
Preston
Palmer
Geiger
Falmer
Theron
States
Elsie
Salt Lake City
Love
Lloyd_(Kidd
Myra Rose
Sat. Kidd
Theron Kidd
Pacific
Lloyd
Navy
Elsie Bodily
Remingtons
L. C. Smith
Royal, Underwood
Royal Portables
Citizen
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James Waeger
Elmer Mendenhall
Schauffler
Kidd Brothers
Fil Islands
Armers Automobile Ater Insurance Exchange
McCann
First South
America
Baker’ S Yeast Division
Anheuser-Busch
Army
Budweiser
Anheuser-Bubch
Fisk Tires
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